So if Kobe Would Have Gotten Traded To The Bulls How Would His Legacy Look?
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Watching Grantland's last Basketball Hour episode with Kobe Bryant and he says that in 2007 when he demanded a trade not only did he turn down a trade to Detroit for Rip Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince, and draft picks but he also told the Lakers his #1 option was Chicago. How would Kobe's legacy have gone if he really did get traded to the Bulls?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzFYt3K1sqg
(go to the 44:37 mark when he talks about it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzFYt3K1sqg(go to the 44:37 mark when he talks about it)
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What ifs never happen. Seen this a couple of weeks ago
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I remember when Kobe almost signed with Clippers
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What if that Gasol trade from Memphis hadn't happened?
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If basketball didn't exist would Kobe be a plumber?
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Like he love MJ too much
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The back of his jersey would have said MJ 2.0
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The trade was never going to happen.
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More points, less rings
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Depends. Chicago's coach at the time would not have been good for Kobe. Now put Kobe in Chicago RIGHT NOW , and the league would be in trouble.
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Who gives a damn
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What if Kobe were never born, would he still be the 3rd highest scorer of All Time? We'll never know.
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Jordan nuthugger extraordinaire. If he brought the squad any other rings, he would've gotten a statue kneeling before Jordan's outside the arena.
Plus side, my team wouldn't be relying on the Gummy Bear Assassin to stay healthy on his diet of sugar. -
What if he was a hornet and never got traded to la
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Angeles1son85 wrote: »What if he was a hornet and never got traded to la
IAngeles1son85 wrote: »What if he was a hornet and never got traded to la
its over -
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*if jada kiss was an IC poster*
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probably the same for his legacy, maybe he'd be a little more liked. People don't like Kobe and they also just don't like LA.
I can't think of one athlete who did nothing illegal or detrimental to his sport that's been more hated by fans for this long in any sport.
I think another question could be: how would the bulls have looked? They would have 2 more rings now. -
That roast thread had me in tears. -
Angeles1son85 wrote: »What if he was a hornet and never got traded to la
Lol..
Kobe said ? this ? ,
I aint playing for Charlotte.. -
Less rings. Chicago was like a lottery team back then, I think they got the number 1 pick in 08'. Would have taken him a while to build a contender and capture that magic again, if he ever did...Short answer is " much less impressive". We can't separate how much his longevity with one team and his perceived ability to "stay with a team" and make them a champion factors into where he is placed in the pantheon of basketball history. We may look at him like a Pippen rather than a poor man's Jordan. In other words a great second fiddle who "bounced around" and was never the same after his #1 left.
Bulls were a playoff team back then.......
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Missed the playoffs in that one year though......
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The back of his jersey would have said MJ 2.0
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Less rings. Chicago was like a lottery team back then, I think they got the number 1 pick in 08'. Would have taken him a while to build a contender and capture that magic again, if he ever did...Short answer is " much less impressive". We can't separate how much his longevity with one team and his perceived ability to "stay with a team" and make them a champion factors into where he is placed in the pantheon of basketball history. We may look at him like a Pippen rather than a poor man's Jordan. In other words a great second fiddle who "bounced around" and was never the same after his #1 left.
Bulls were a playoff team back then.......
They would've stopped being a playoff team after they traded half their roster for Kobe -
Focal Point wrote: »The back of his jersey would have said MJ 2.0Focal Point wrote: »The back of his jersey would have said MJ 2.0
Had to say it twice.
